Lisa Marcuzzi

Lisa Marcuzzi is a partner in the Business Law Section in the firm's Toronto office. She is engaged in a broad corporate/commercial practice with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (cross-border and domestic), private equity, equity/debt financings, transaction structuring and corporate restructurings, as well as general corporate governance related matters.

Lisa has experience working in both the public and private market context. She has acted for companies at various stages of development, including owner-operated businesses, Canadian public companies and multi-national corporations doing business in Canada, providing them with on-going general corporate and commercial advice. Lisa has also worked with a number of private equity firms and venture capitalists, such as investment bankers, private equity funds, labour sponsored investment funds, industry-specific specialty funds and angel investors, and a number of investee companies in many industries, assisting them with structuring rounds of investments/financing with an aim to maximizing liquidity options for the investors. She has also been involved in the formation of a number of private equity funds. Lisa has acted for both purchasers and vendors in asset and share purchases.

Lisa has provided advice and services in the not-for profit and charities sector regarding governance, regulatory compliance, mandates, policies, contracts and agreements. She works with clients to develop their charters, by-laws, privacy policies, corporate governance policies, donor agreements, naming rights agreements and license agreements.

Lisa is a contributing editor to the Business Law Reports and was a contributing editor to the O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms, Canada Law Book's comprehensive reference source for forms, both legal and precedential, and has presented papers and seminars on various corporate and commercial matters and privacy legislation compliance.

Lisa joined Fasken Martineau in 2004 as a partner, having previously been a partner at another national firm.

Selected Experience

• Ontario Pension Board provides equity financing for South West Detention Centre
• Diploma acquires Carsen Medical in cross-border transaction

News

• A team of Fasken Martineau lawyers led by Brian Kelsall and Ella Plotkin is mentioned in Lexpert magazine for its work on behalf of lenders and hedge providers
• Lexpert names nine Fasken Martineau lawyers in the 2009 list of Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers

Presentations

• Integration Opportunities and Issues in the Ontario Health Care Sector
• Toronto Fasken Martineau Symposium (1st Edition)

Membership/Affiliations

• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member, Board of Directors for Adoption Council of Ontario

Honours and Awards

• Named a Corporate Lawyer to watch in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers
• Named as one of Lexpert's 2008 Rising Stars